Download or read book Collected Works of P C WREN 4 Novels Stories from the Foreign Legion written by P. C. Wren and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2015-09-12 with total page 930 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully crafted ebook: "Collected Works of P. C. WREN: 4 Novels & Stories from the Foreign Legion" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Percival Christopher Wren (1875-1941) was an English writer, mostly of adventure fiction. His novels and short stories mostly deal with colonial soldiering in Africa. While his fictional accounts of life in the pre-1914 Foreign Legion are highly romanticized, his details of Legion uniforms, training, equipment and barrack room layout are generally accurate, which has led to suggestions that Wren himself served with the legion. Table of Contents: The Novels SNAKE AND SWORD THE WAGES OF VIRTUE DRIFTWOOD SPARS CUPID IN AFRICA (The Baking of Bertram in Love and War) Short Stories STEPSONS OF FRANCE Ten little Legionaries À la Ninon de L'Enclos An Officer and—a Liar The Dead Hand The Gift The Deserter Five Minutes "Here are Ladies" The MacSnorrt "Belzébuth" The Quest "Vengeance is Mine..." Sermons in Stones Moonshine The Coward of the Legion Mahdev Rao The Merry Liars
Download or read book Collected Works of P C WREN 4 Novels Stories from the Foreign Legion written by P. C. Wren and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2024-01-08 with total page 1277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Collected Works of P. C. Wren: 4 Novels & Stories from the Foreign Legion is a captivating anthology that showcases Wren's evocative storytelling and intricate characterization. Set against the backdrop of the French Foreign Legion, Wren's works explore themes of honor, camaraderie, and sacrifice. His prose is marked by vivid descriptions of exotic locales and intense action sequences, making the reader feel as if they are right in the midst of the Legion's adventures. Wren's literary style is a blend of adventure, drama, and romance, appealing to readers who enjoy historical fiction and military narratives. P. C. Wren, a former British officer, drew upon his own experiences in the military to craft his gripping tales of courage and loyalty. His deep understanding of the human spirit shines through in his nuanced characterizations and realistic portrayals of life in the Foreign Legion. Wren's background adds a layer of authenticity to his narratives, lending them credibility and emotional depth. I highly recommend The Collected Works of P. C. Wren to readers who appreciate well-crafted historical fiction and thrilling adventure stories. Wren's mastery of storytelling and his unique perspective as a former soldier make this anthology a must-read for fans of military literature and classic novels.
Download or read book P C WREN Ultimate Collection The Complete BEAU GESTE TRILOGY 4 Novels 42 Short Stories of the Foreign Legion written by P. C. Wren and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2024-01-08 with total page 2897 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 'P. C. WREN Ultimate Collection' is a comprehensive compilation that brings together the complete Beau Geste Trilogy along with 4 other novels and 42 short stories depicting the life of the Foreign Legion. P. C. Wren's writing style is characterized by vivid descriptions, thrilling adventures, and intricate character developments, making this collection a gripping read for fans of military fiction. Set in the early 20th century, Wren's works provide a unique insight into the challenges and camaraderie experienced by soldiers serving in the Foreign Legion. The intense action sequences and poignant moments of introspection add depth to the narrative, showcasing Wren's talent for storytelling.
Download or read book P C WREN Ultimate Collection The Complete BEAU GESTE TRILOGY 4 Novels 42 Short Stories of the Foreign Legion written by P. C. Wren and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2015-09-11 with total page 900 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully crafted ebook: "P. C. WREN Ultimate Collection: The Complete BEAU GESTE TRILOGY + 4 Novels & 42 Short Stories of the Foreign Legion" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Table of Contents: The Beau Geste Trilogy BEAU GESTE BEAU SABREUR BEAU IDEAL Novels: SNAKE AND SWORD THE WAGES OF VIRTUE DRIFTWOOD SPARS CUPID IN AFRICA (The Baking of Bertram in Love and War) Short Stories STEPSONS OF FRANCE: Ten little Legionaries À la Ninon de L'Enclos An Officer and—a Liar The Dead Hand The Gift The Deserter Five Minutes "Here are Ladies" The MacSnorrt "Belzébuth" The Quest "Vengeance is Mine..." Sermons in Stones Moonshine The Coward of the Legion Mahdev Rao The Merry Liars GOOD GESTES: What's in a Name A Gentleman of Colour David and His Incredible Jonathan The McSnorrt Reminiscent Mad Murphy's Miracle Buried Treasure If Wishes were Horses The Devil and Digby Geste The Mule Low Finance Presentiments Dreams Come True FLAWED BLADES: Tales from the Foreign Legion No. 187017 Bombs Mastic--and Drastic The Death Post E Tenebris Nemesis The Hunting of Henri PORT O' MISSING MEN: Strange Tales of the Stranger Regiment The Return of Odo Klemens The Betrayal of Odo Klemens The Life of Odo Klemens Moon-rise Moon-shadows Moon-set Percival Christopher Wren (1875-1941) was an English writer, mostly of adventure fiction. He is remembered best for Beau Geste, a much-filmed book of 1924, involving the French Foreign Legion in North Africa. This was one of 33 novels and short story collections that he wrote, mostly dealing with colonial soldiering in Africa. While his fictional accounts of life in the pre-1914 Foreign Legion are highly romanticized, his details of Legion uniforms, training, equipment and barrack room layout are generally accurate, which has led to unproven suggestions that Wren himself served with the legion.
Download or read book Beau Geste written by Percival Christopher Wren and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-02-26 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first in Percival Christorpher Wren's series, Beau Geste, Beau Sabreur and Beau Ideal.
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Download or read book Cupid in Africa written by Percival Christopher Wren and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There never lived a more honourable, upright, scrupulous gentleman than Major Hugh Walsingham Greene, and there seldom lived a duller, narrower, more pompous or more irascible one. Nor, when the Great War broke out, and gave him something fresh to do and to think about, were there many sadder and unhappier men. His had been a luckless and unfortunate life, what with his two wives and his one son; his excellent intentions and deplorable achievements; his kindly heart and harsh exterior; his narrow escapes of decoration, recognition and promotion. At cards he was not lucky—and in love he . . . well—his first wife, whom he adored, died after a year of him; and his second ran away after three months of his society. She ran away with Mr. Charles Stayne-Brooker (elsewhere the Herr Doktor Karl Stein-Brücker), the man of all men, whom he particularly and peculiarly loathed. And his son, his only son and heir! The boy was a bitter disappointment to him, turning out badly—a poet, an artist, a musician, a wretched student and “intellectual,” a fellow who won prizes and scholarships and suchlike by the hatful, and never carried off, or even tried for, a “pot,” in his life. Took after his mother, poor boy, and was the first of the family, since God-knows-when, to grow up a dam’ civilian. Father fought and bled in Egypt, South Africa, Burma, China, India; grandfather in the Crimea and Mutiny, great-grandfather in the Peninsula and at Waterloo, ancestors with Marlborough, the Stuarts, Drake—scores of them: and this chap, his son, theirdescendant, a wretched creature of whom you could no more make a soldier than you could make a service saddle of a sow’s ear! It was a comfort to the Major that he only saw the nincompoop on the rare occasions of his visits to England, when he honestly did his best to hide from the boy (who worshipped him) that he would sooner have seen him win one cup for boxing, than a hundred prizes for his confounded literature, art, music, classics, and study generally. To hide from the boy that the pæans of praise in his school reports were simply revolting—fit only for a feller who was going to be a wretched curate or wretcheder schoolmaster; to hide his distaste for the pale, slim beauty, which was that of a delicate girl rather than of the son of Major Hugh Walsingham Greene. . . . Too like his poor mother by half—and without one quarter the pluck, nerve, and “go” of young Miranda Walsingham, his kinswoman and playmate. . . . Too dam’ virtuous altogether.
Download or read book T P s and Cassell s Weekly written by and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 878 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Foreign Legion Omnibus written by Percival Christopher Wren and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contents. Beau Geste. Beau Sabreur. Beau Ideal.
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Download or read book Beau Ideal written by Percival Christopher Wren and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-16 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Beau Ideal" by Percival Christopher Wren. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Download or read book Canadian Stationer and Office Appliance Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jan. 1930-Feb. 1932, most issues include the Trade edition of the Canadian bookman.
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Download or read book The Films of the French Foreign Legion written by Philip Leibfried and published by . This book was released on 2011-11 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arguably the most famous fighting organization of all time, the French Foreign Legion's fame is largely due to the motion pictures that used it as a subject. Well over one hundred films have been made since the first two-reelers in 1912. They have been produced in a number of countries, mostly in the United States and France, but also in Europe and as far afield as China and Turkey. The Legion itself saw action in many nations, having its origins in the imperialist nineteenth century. Beginning in Morocco and Algeria, units of the Legion later were sent to Mexico and Vietnam, then known as French Indo-China. Novels and stage plays about the Foreign Legion began to appear in the late nineteenth century, and were followed by motion pictures in the second decade of the twentieth. Eventually, many leading names of the film industry, such as Gary Cooper, Ronald Colman and Marlene Dietrich, would appear in Foreign Legion films in both the silent and sound eras. Cartoon characters like Porky Pig and Bugs Bunny appeared in animated films, for not even the French Foreign Legion could escape being satirized. Radio and television productions about the famed fighting force followed in due course, as did a number of documentaries. Films featuring the Spanish Foreign Legion are also included here. All media productions through 2007 are listed chronologically in their various sub-topics in this volume.
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